The film has tainted the image of the Chinese Taoism, said Meng Chongran, vice chairman of the Chinese Taoist Association (CTA), citing scenes in the fictional film featuring robbery, murder and sex.

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The film's producers contacted the CTA before making the film and revised the script on request by the association.

Chen has not responded to Meng's charges, but his gripes inflamed discussion online with many people, including some Taoists, saying Taoists should not be so sensitive about a fictional film.

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Movie critic Maggie Lee said the film "is an uncharacteristically lightweight martial-arts caper with a touch of Zen (and sin)."

Despite the controversy, the film has earned about 400 million yuan (64 million U.S. dollars) since it debuted on July 3.

Described by Chen Kaige as his biggest ever film, "Monk Comes Down the Mountain" took three years for a team of about 1,000 people to complete. It was jointly produced by two mainland entertainment groups and Columbia Pictures.

An iconic figure among China's film directors, Chen is known for his visual flair and epic storytelling. He is the only Chinese director to win the Palme d'Or, for "Farewell My Concubine" in 1993.

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DHAKA Cheap Nike Vapormax Flyknit 2018 Men's Blue , Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of protesters set off on about 200 km march from capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning to Sundarbans to protest against the 1.5 billion U.S. dollar power plant near the world's largest mangrove forests which straddle both Bangladesh and India.

The five-day long march, which started in Dhaka's National Press Club, is being led by an environment protection group -- National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports.

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According to the protesters, discharge from the plant like fly ash and sulphur dioxide will have disastrous consequences for the fauna and flora of the mangrove forests -- a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The protesters say the plant is not merely dangerous for the Sundarbans' ecology but it also poses threat to local livelihoods.

Amid severe criticism from many power experts and green activists, Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and Indian National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in April this year signed three major deals heading towards implementation of plant.

Under the deals, the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company, a joint venture between the PDB and the NTPC with 50:50 shares, will implement the project in which officials claim that super critical technology would be used to curb the much talked about carbon emission.

The plant was initially put into motion in a bilateral agreement between Dhaka and Delhi during the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's tour of India in 2011 reportedly without proper environmental impact assessment.

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"Rampal Power Plant project must be stopped at any cost," Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the committee, told the rally at National Press Club.

He said, "Don't think that we're opposing the plant because it' s an Indian company. If it would be a company from Russia or USA. or China we would surely protest against the power plant."